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Bj shaking moss, chiefly in woods, and about bushes, &c., on the chalk-hills, I 

 obtained Drypta dentata, Lebia chlorocephala, var. chrysocephala, Oxypoda nigrina, 

 Mycefoporus nanus, Euryporus picipes (three specimens, in long wet moss in a wood ; 

 tliis rare insect is easily distinguishable among the accompanying Qitedii and Phi- 

 lonthi by its sluggish movements), Corticaria cylindrica (not rare), Platytarsus 

 setulosKS (1), Liosomus troglodytes, Rye (4 examples, along with the Plat y tar sua), 

 Jlypera siispiciosa and plant ag nils (both common), Tychius Sclineideri,Lamp}rosoma 

 concolor, Cassida vittaia (one specimen ; a most beautiful insect when alive), C. 

 vibex, ohsoleta, &c. 



In a little marshy hollow, I obtained amoiig others, PkUonthus fumarivs, La- 

 throbium angustattim (not rare) , LimnicMis pygmceiis, and Graptodera consobrina ; 

 the latter in abundance at the roots of PJpilobium. 



Tidal refuse, on the banks of the Medway, did not equal my expectations ; 

 Mecinus collaris, Phytobius 4^-tuberculatus, and Phcedon concinnum, being the only 

 siDeeies therein worth mentioning. 



A day's excursion to Faversham, in January, produced two more Liosomus 

 troglodytes, Txiih one $ of Z. oJZoHy?«Z«*, in its old locality ; also from moss in the same 

 place, Homalota testaceijyes, JEuryporiis picipes (1), Ceutliorhynchideus hepaticus (2) 

 and versicolor, &c. — James J. Walkee, R.N., 7, West Street, Blue Town, Sheerness : 

 March 9th, 1874 



Note on Argynnis Niobe. — At page 154 of " The Entomologists' Annual " for 

 the present year, Dr. Knaggs states that " we have, as yet, no evidence of the 

 " occurrence of the female in this country." 



Last autumn, Mr. Parry sent me two specimens (one of which Mr. Edward 

 Newman saw alive) for examination. He stated that he took them a few miles from 

 Canterbury. These two specimens were females, and very different on the upper 

 surface from the same sex of Adippe, in fact, they were more like dark females of 

 Aglaia. I am not quite certain about the sex of the specimen said to have been 

 taken in the New Forest. I have no doubt about the species, but I do not wish to 

 express any opinion as to their origin. 



Mr. Barrett asked me whether I thought Tortrix ribeana and cerasana were 

 species or only varieties. Dr. Knaggs quotes a portion of my reply, and appears to 

 infer that I had only once seen the two forms in copulation. I have seem them so 

 repeatedly, and as the larvae are similar, I have no doubt of their being varieties of 

 one species. — Henet Doubleday, Epping : March 14fh, 1874. 



Notodonta bicolora in England. — The editorial note at the foot of page 230 of 

 the present volume applies, I presume, only to the claims of this insect to be 

 considered Irish, and will not, I hope, prevent me from recording the following 

 particulars with regard to its capture in England. 



In or about the year 1862, ]\Ir. Joseph Smith, an operative in IManchestor, went 

 to collect insects in the Burnt Wood, Staffordshire, a number of Entomologists 

 having subscribed to pay his expenses, and his captures being agreed to be divided 

 into a certain number of shares. Amongst other species captured by him was a 

 single specimen of N. bicolora, which was slightly injured fi'om liis putting it into 

 his tobacco box (as Mr. Brewer did the first Trochiliuni chrysidiformej. On the 

 division of the shares, there was a pretty little squabble as to who was to have this 



